Stories for March 30, 2011

Dodge-em time at City Hall

Wed, Mar 30, 8:22 p.m.

The City Council squirms and delays on the issue of the anti-tunnel referendum, since now is the time when challengers to incumbents must rise or fall.

Tourism insiders scramble as budget cuts threaten state office

Wed, Mar 30, 2:17 p.m.

By Alice Kaderlan

At a summit Thursday (March 31), industry professionals will discuss how to replace the functions of the state tourism office, which is expected to close June 30. A key question: how to finance marketing and partnership efforts the staff has provided until now.

Crosscut Tout: a percussive revolution

Wed, Mar 30, 2 p.m.

By Thomas May

The Seattle Percussion Collective, performing its spring concert this week (April 1), has developed an eager following since forming two years ago.

Aloha shirts: 75 years of style, spirit

Wed, Mar 30, 2 a.m.

By Floyd McKay

Aloha wear can be symbolic of good times for visitors from Washington and elsewhere, but it remains a part of life on the islands.

The would-be county killers

Wed, Mar 30, 2 a.m.

By Knute Berger

In the battle over the downtown tunnel, there are echoes of Seattle's defining highway battle of the '60s, the fight over the R.H. Thomson Expressway.